Occupational Employment Statistics
45-4022 Logging Equipment Operators
Drive logging tractor or wheeled vehicle equipped with one or more accessories, such as bulldozer blade, frontal shear, grapple, logging arch, cable winches, hoisting rack, or crane boom, to fell tree; to skid, load, unload, or stack logs; or to pull stumps or clear brush. Logging truck drivers are included in “Heavy and Tractor Trailer Truck Drivers” (53-3032).
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Northwest Minnesota
| 80 | 13 | $22.72/hr | $19.22/hr | $19.45/hr | $23.75/hr | $24.26/hr | $28.40/hr |
| Natural Resources and Mining | 310 | $23.89/hr |
| Trade, Transportation and Utilities | N/A | N/A |
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Hoist and Winch Operators
| 80 | $50.90/hr | -14.6% |
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Dredge Operators
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
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Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
| 7,520 | $37.19/hr | 4.6% |
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Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 640 | $28.06/hr | 0.6% |
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Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
| 1,040 | $35.38/hr | 6.9% |
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Crane and Tower Operators
| 200 | $34.21/hr | 4.0% |
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Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
| 3,570 | $23.32/hr | 4.3% |
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Conveyor Operators and Tenders
| 540 | $21.63/hr | 6.1% |
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Continuous Mining Machine Operators
| 170 | $31.00/hr | N/A |
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Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas
| 290 | $29.57/hr | N/A |
- Fill out required job or shift report forms.
- Grade logs according to characteristics such as knot size and straightness, and according to established industry or company standards.
- Control hydraulic tractors equipped with tree clamps and booms to lift, swing, and bunch sheared trees.
- Inspect equipment for safety prior to use, and perform necessary basic maintenance tasks.
- Drive and maneuver tractors and tree harvesters to shear the tops off of trees, cut and limb the trees, and cut the logs into desired lengths.
- Drive straight or articulated tractors equipped with accessories such as bulldozer blades, grapples, logging arches, cable winches, and crane booms, to skid, load, unload, or stack logs, pull stumps, or clear brush.
- Drive crawler or wheeled tractors to drag or transport logs from felling sites to log landing areas for processing and loading.
- Calculate total board feet, cordage, or other wood measurement units, using conversion tables.
- Grade logs according to characteristics such as knot size and straightness, and according to established industry or company standards.
- Drive and maneuver tractors and tree harvesters to shear the tops off of trees, cut and limb the trees, and cut the logs into desired lengths.